In the aired "Chain of Command, Part II", Minos Korva was identified as a Federation system, while, in the script and in lines cut from the episode, Minos Korva was identified as being both a star system and a planet with two million colonists. (The Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 303) identified Minos Korva as a planet.) In lines cut from the episode, it was revealed that after Starfleet Command had arrived at the decision to defend Minos Korva from a Cardassian invasion, the Federation starshipsUSS Berlin, USS Aries and USS Sutherland had been dispatched to Minos Korva's sector. According to the pronunciation guide, Minos Korva was pronounced as "mee-nos KOR-va".